Accessory minerals as tracers in the provenancing of archaeological marbles, used in combination with isotopic and petrographic data

Archaeometry

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 517-536

  Capedri, S ^a   Venturelli, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessory minerals; Archaeological marbles; Isotope composition; Medieval; Modena; Northern Italy; Petrography; Provenance; Reggio Emilia; Roman

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY;

EID: 10244249142     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2004.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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